Traction agricultural implement.



T. M. EDWARDS. TRACTION AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 7, 1911.

1,053,485. Patented Feb. 18, 1913.

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APPLICATION TILED IAN.7,1911.

Patented Feb. 18, 1913.

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WITNESSES:

A7TORNEY THOMAS M. EDWARDS, OF EAST HAMPTON, NEW YORK.

TRACTION AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT.

Application filed January 7, 1911.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, TnoMAs M. EDWARDS,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of East Hampton, in thecounty of Suffolk and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Traction Agricultural Implements, of. which thefollowing is a specification,

This invention relates to traction engines of the general type used withsteam plows, cultivators and the like agricultural implements, and mysaid invention also includes certain novel combinations, andrelativearrangements, of such implements with said engine, whereby a ready andeasy control of such implements may be assured.

In order to explain'my' said invention clearly, I have provided theannexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top or plan view of my newlyimproved machine, with the housing removed to disclose the interiorparts. Fig. 2 is a rear end view of the frame and traction'wheels,showing one set of harrows lowered to their operative positions.

Referring to these drawings, the numeral 10- indicates the mainframe-work of my device, the same being of general rectangular form andhaving mounted thereon, at a point nearthe front portion ofsaid frame,an engine which is indicated by the numeral 11. In alinement with saidengine is a shaft 12 wl1ich'serves as the main drivifig shaft or primemover of the various operative elements of my device. Secured to themain frame 10, at opposite sides thereof, are ex-. tensionframes 13 thatare spaced apart from the main frame a distance sufficient to receivethe traction wheels 14 and 15, as is best seen in Fig. 1 of thedrawings, said traction wheels being driven independently, as I haveexplained more particularly hereinafter. Hinged to each extension frame13, at 16 and 16", is a frame 17 in which is supported a trainofharrows; by preference a disk barrow a at the front, a toothed harrow0 at the rear, and an Acme harrow Z) at, or near, the mid-portion ofeach frame 17, this arrangement being such that the ground is cut up tosome extent, by the disk barrows, and is then pulverized and leveled bythe successive actions of the Acme and toothed barrows.

. By reason of the hinged connection between frame 17 and the mainframelO the operator is ableto drop the barrows to their Specificationof Letters Patent.-

Iatented Feb. 18, 1913. Serial No. 601,416.

operative positions or raise them to their inoperative positions. I nthe Fig. 1 the right hand -barrows are shown in their lower, or 4operative position while those at the left hand side of the'machine areshown in their elevated, or inoperative position.

The frames 17 arelowered by gravity and are raised by means of chains orcables 18 that lead over pulleys 19 and are connected the operator ofthe machine.

The traction wheels 14 and l5-are j0ur-= naled and driven independentlyof each other. Wheel 134C has secured to its inner face an internal gear28 that is engaged, and driven by, a relatively small gear-29 on a shaft30, and wheel 15 has secured to its be stopped while the companion Wheelis continued in revolution. I am thus able to turn the complete machinein its own length if necessary, and to readily shunt the completemachine to one side a distance equal to the width of one or morefurrows, according to the number of plows employed. The front endportion of the machine is supwith levers that are Within easy reach ofported and steered, or guided, by means of wheels 34-35 that are alsoindependently mounted and operated, as will be understood by referenceto Fig. 1 of the drawings.

These guide wheels are so mounted: that they may be adjusted so as totravel in an arc of a circle of which the turning point of the machineis the center or they may be adjusted so as to aline with the drivers 14and 15 whenever it is desired to drive the machine in a right line, asduring the operation of plowing. By means of the described duplex systemof independently operated wheels I amable to guide my described machinewith extraordinary ease and certainty,

By means of my described improvements '1 am able to produce a machine ofgreat power and utility that may be readily controlled and operated bya-single person.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and wish to secure byLetters Patent:.-

In a machin e'of the att c-ascribe, a

main frame,; independently: journaled me:

tion' wheels therein, means for independently driving said wheels, rigidrectangular extension frames secured to the main frame at opposite sidesthereof and spaced apart therefrom to receive said traction wheels, :1frame at each side of the main frame and hinged at its lower edge to thebot-tom of the extension frame below the axles of said wheels, and meansfor raising and lowering said hinged frame, said frames adapted to 10carry agricultural implements and when THoMAs M. EDWARDS.

Witnesses FRANK H. ALLEN, CHARLES T. 'loPLIFr Copies of this patent maybe obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner ofPatents Washington, D. C.

